FEMA

FEMA applicants from Fond du Lac County: 3,137.

FEMA housing assistance provided: $5,072,429.

FEMA other needs assistance: $696,055.

Hours

The Small Business Administration office at University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac will close Friday, Sept. 26. The office is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. through that day for walk-ins. For other assistance, call 1-800-659-2955.

The Fond du Lac County Flood Relief Center at the Fond du Lac Public Library will be open reduced hours, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Call 322-0422 for more information.

The center is compiling data on an address-by-address basis. Case managers will be assigned to those needing further assistance.

Canvas

One of the challenges when the Flood Relief Center was formed was to find a way to make sure that people in the hardest hit areas of the flood were identified and were getting assistance.

Since Aug. 14, teams of volunteers have been scheduled regularly to visit those streets in the "primary" flood plain and the "secondary" flood plain, knocking on doors and speaking with residents. Literature and information about services/assistance available were left wherever the residents were not at home.

Many of the streets affected were visited multiple times.

Assessment/Evaluation

The Flood Relief Center will be able to provide assistance to individuals in assessing/evaluating their personal situations and recommending what needs to be done to remediate or improve conditions.

The ability to provide further hands-on assistance in cleaning or sanitizing has ended with the departure of the AmeriCorps team. Residents can still get the information on what needs to be done and how to do it but will be on their own to arrange for the work to be completed.